From Team Venugaanam

We are delighted to bring you the 29^th edition of Venugaanam this December.
 

There were two specials in November, which we are very happy to share with you here:

·         The release of the 2012-2013 Annual Report of the Sai Krushna Charitable Trust ,  and

·         A special video on The Making of Sai Krushna Mandir.

Kindly click on the above links or visit the home page of our website to view these.

In this edition, Swami’s excerpts teaches us about Jesus Christ and his messages.

In Atmajyothi, we will be reading more about the fruits of devotion.

Swamynathan had shared an incident about Kanchi Mahaperiyava  – that he came across in his life.

Prakash highlights the current trends of transportation and also suggests some improvements on the same.

Aravind B shares the magical moments that Sachin Tendulkar had had with our loving SWAMI.

Arun Gopal provides his view on the doctrines of peaceful living.

Sai Krushna Mandir celebrated the deepavali and SWAMI’s birthday with the children.  To know more about the latest at SKM and how you can volunteer, read the SKM update.

We are happy to have your feedback on how to make ‘Venugaanam’ a better communication tool. Please email

 us at contactus@saikrushnamandir.org . Do feel free to share with us your articles, thoughts and ideas.

We pray to Swami to bless all the children and inmates so that they may all come up to His expectations. May Swami turn our lives into a celebration of His message of love, sharing and caring.

                                                                              With All our Prema,

                                                                           Team Venugaanam

The message of Jesus Christ

A Divine Discourses by Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba during Christmas day, December 25,1992

On December 25th, when Jesus was born, three kings. came to his birthplace. These three gave

expression to three different views about the new-born babe. One of them, looking at the infant,

said: "This child looks like one who will be a lover of God." A second king said: "God will love

this child." The third king declared: "Verily, this child is God Himself." The first one viewed the

child from the physical point of view. The second saw the child from the mental viewpoint. The

third saw from the Aatmic (spiritual) point of view.

The three declarations indicate how one can progress from the human to the divine level. What is

needed is the destruction of the animal and demonic qualities in man. Man today worships

inanimate idols and images, but makes no attempt to love his fellow human beings in flesh and

blood. This was the first message of Jesus. Though one sees his neighbours day after day, he

does not choose to love them. How can one believe that such a person can love an invisible God?

If a man cannot love a fellow human being who is visible before his eyes, how can he love what

is not visible to him? This is not possible. Only a man who loves living beings around him can

love the invisible Divine. Love must start with love for beings that have form. It must be

extended to all beings. This is the primary stage in spirituality.

Updates from Sai Krushna Mandir

November was the month of joyous festivity and gaiety at Sai Krushna Mandir. On 2^nd November, Deepavali was celebrated with all fun and crackers. It was the first Diwali function at Sai Krushna Mandir, and the building was lit  with lamps and coloured candles. The children were delighted to have two of the Sai brothers from Mysore and some guest from London, UK came and participated in the function. The care-taking staff at Sai Krushna Mandir got together to prepare various delicacies for the occasion. The children relished all the sweets and snacks and also helped to keep the premises clean. They were dressed in new clothes and were proudly bursting soundless crackers like stars, crackles, flower-pots, Chakras, and rockets. Pictures from the occasion have been displayed below.

On 23^rd November, Swami’s birthday was celebrated amid much grandeur and joy. The program started with Nagarsankeertan at 8:30 am and this was followed by specially designed activities for the children:

·         Class 1- Face painting

·         Class2- Colouring

·         Class 3&4- Join the dots and Colouring

·         Class 5- Colouring Ganesha

·         Class 6 & 7 Girls- Rangoli competition

·         Class 6 & 7 Boys- Dustbin making 

Swami’s birthday cake was then cut by one of the school students who also had his birthday on the same day. Birthday songs were sung in unison and the children were vociferous in wishing their Lord and Chief Patron on this happy day for the gift of free education..